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U.S. Futures Exchange To Offer Spot Equivalent Currency Futures And 23-Hour Markets Beginning In September

Date 11/07/2007

U.S. Futures Exchange (USFE) announced today that it will list foreign exchange futures contracts, with daily settlements to spot prices, that replicate spot market contracts and trade on a 23-hour basis. Six U.S. dollar pairs sized for retail customers will be offered beginning September 21.
FESE Response To The Commission's Call For Evidence On Private Placement Regimes In Europe

Date 11/07/2007

FESE understands that the Call for Evidence arises from the White Paper and primarily in relation to investment funds (e.g. private equity funds, hedge funds) but also notes that the Call for Evidence is very broad in scope and extends well beyond investment funds into securities markets more generally. FESE members are not aware of any significant problems or market failures as a result of there not being a private placement regime in European securities markets and therefore our initial view i
London Stock Exchange Group: Result Of AGM

Date 11/07/2007

London Stock Exchange Group plc (the Exchange) announces that at its AGM today all the resolutions proposed were duly passed by shareholders other than resolutions 11 and 12.
Private Equity Fund Floats AMG On Euronext Amsterdam - Additional Market Capitalisation So Far This Year Hits €50 Billion On Euronext Markets

Date 11/07/2007

AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. (AMG), one of the world’s leading producers of metallurgical products and systems, was successfully listed today on NYSE Euronext’s Amsterdam market.
Notice Of Implementation Of "Trial Measures On Trading On Shanghai Stock Exchange Comprehensive Electronic Platform Of Fixed Income Securities"

Date 11/07/2007

To improve the trading efficiency of fixed income securities and promote the development of fixed income securities market, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) developed the comprehensive electronic platform of fixed income securities (Fixed Income Platform) and worked out the "Trial Measures on Trading on SSE Comprehensive Electronic Platform of Fixed Income Securities" (Trial Measures). It hereby releases the Trial Measures(see Attachment) and announces the following issues.

In First Case Of Its Kind, NASD Charges Former Securities America Broker With Misleading Union Retirement Plans About Receipt Of More Than $280,000 In Improper Directed Brokerage Commissions, Other Payments - Securities America Fined $375,000 For Improper

Date 11/07/2007

In the first case of its kind, NASD announced today that it has fined Securities America, Inc. of Omaha, NE, $375,000 for improperly sharing directed brokerage commissions from a mutual fund company with Michael Bullock, a former Securities America broker in the Los Angeles, CA area. NASD also found that Securities America failed to adequately supervise Bullock's communications with his union-sponsored retirement plan clients to ensure that Bullock disclosed his additional compensation to th
Dalian Commodity Exchange To Launch Line Low Density Polyethylene Futures Contracts

Date 11/07/2007

Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), one of the three futures exchanges in the nation, yesterday said that LLDPE (Line Low Density Polyethylene) futures are likely to be traded from August pending final approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission.
Update On B Share Scheme Arrangements To Facilitate Membership Of The London Metal Exchange

Date 11/07/2007

The following member notice (07/171 : A168) has today been issued:-
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services, Update On Financial Services, European Parliament's Open ECON Coordinators Meeting, Strasbourg, 10 July 2007

Date 11/07/2007

Madame la Présidente, Honourable Members, Fresh from the meeting of the College, it gives me great pleasure to announce before this Committee that the Commission has today adopted the "Solvency II" Proposal. As soon as possible, it will be tabled before this House for your consideration. I would like to take the opportunity of this meeting to give you my views on this proposal.
Warsaw Stock Exchange - Corporate Governance

Date 11/07/2007

On July 4, the WSE Managing Board has adopted a new set of corporate governance regulations concerning listed companies. The regulations, assembled in "Best Practices of WSE Listed Companies" will come into effect on 1 January 2008.